Instruction architecture of an aerospace multiprocessor

  • Authors:

  • James S. Miller;Woodrow H. Vandever, Jr.

  • Affiliations:

  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • HLLCA '73 Proceedings of the ACM-IEEE symposium on High-level-language computer architecture
  • Year:
  • 1973

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Abstract

This paper describes the architecture, the data forms, and the instruction set of a multiprocessor computer designed to provide the central computational facilities of a long-lifetime orbiting space laboratory. An overview of the system [M73] describes other aspects of the design, including its high level of fault-tolerance, flexible capacity, real time control capability, and process security in the presence of software faults. The present treatment emphasizes the considerations which led to the chosen instruction set, and discusses its design relative to system objectives.